1755 in architecture
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The year 1755 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
- November 1 - 1755 Lisbon earthquake in Portugal. Among many buildings destroyed is the Ópera do Tejo, designed by Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena, opened only on March 31. The workforce completing the Mafra National Palace at Mafra is diverted to reconstruction work in Lisbon.
Buildings
- Groote Kerk, Galle, Zeilan, is inaugurated
- Reformed Church of Shawangunk, New York, is inaugurated
- Puning Temple of Chengde, Hebei Province, China is begun
- St John the Evangelist's Church, Lancaster, England, probably designed by Henry Sephton, is completed
- Teatro San Benedetto in Venice is inaugurated
- Church of the Savior on Bolvany in Moscow is consecrated
- Nuruosmaniye Mosque in Istanbul, designed by Mustafa Ağa and Simeon Kalfa, is completed
- Yalı Mosque in İzmir is built
- Towers and domes of Pažaislis Monastery in Kaunas, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, are added
Births
- January 29 (bapt.) - William Porden, English architect (died 1822)
- September 3 - Johan Martin Quist, Danish architect (died 1818)
- Andreas Hallander, Danish architect (died 1828)
- Étienne Sulpice Hallet, French-born American architect (died 1825)
Deaths
- August 5 - James Playfair, Scottish Neoclassical architect (born 1794)
- Johan Cornelius Krieger, Danish architect (born 1683)